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Friday, July 18, 2014

Boko Haram Jihadists Massacre 38 Christians

At least 38 people were killed following a raid by suspected Islamist Boko Haram
gunmen on a village in northeast Nigeria and a military aerial
bombardment of fleeing residents mistaken for insurgents, villagers said
Monday.

The attack on the Christian farming village of Dille in Askira Uba
district, 200 kilometres from regional capital Maiduguri late Sunday
through Monday, burnt the entire village including three churches, they
said.
Dozens of gunmen in all-terrain vehicles and on motorcycles stormed
the village from the nearby Sambisa forest where the insurgents maintain
camps, firing indiscriminately and throwing grenades and explosives
into homes.

The attack, which sent residents fleeing into the bush followed an
earlier raid on Buttuku village in neighbouring Adamawa state, said
resident Michael Umaru Jar."We lost 38 people in Boko Haram attacks and bombardments by a
military jet on innocent residents fleeing the village," Jar said.